2022 Reading Wrapped
I had a little fun in Canva and created a graphic (see below) of my favorite book that I read each month. Some standouts overall were the wonderfully feminist When Women Were Dragons by kidlit author Kelly Barnhill, the shocking and bold retelling of Carrie, The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson and the epic platonic love story told in Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin. I didn't read any books in October but my mind was wiped out by the wonderful author visits we had at the end of September/start of October. Kelly Yang and Jamie Ford visited our library and were wonderful and gracious. I am now an even bigger fan of Kelly Yang, she is so down to earth and so passionate about children's literature and libraries. She also gave our staff a huge morale boost we needed in the face of some censorship type issues we are experiencing in our work. Goals for next year are: read more non-fiction again (I took a break when the pandemic started), to read my ...
